Brake.



,Unrrnn sTATnS l@TENT ordnen.'l LEE BARTON 'VILLIAIS, OF PT'ON. PENNSYLVANIA.

BRAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

Application ii'led February 23, 1906. Serial No. 302.575.

To aN- zuz/om it may concern:

,yg-,Be it known that I, LEE BARTON WIL- LLiMs, a citizen of the nited Sta tes, residing at- Patton, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Emergency- Brakes for Vehicles; and I do hereby "declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art. to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in brakes for automobiles and other vehicles, and has for its object the provision of a simple and ellicient means whereby the vehicle may be made to come to a standstill suddenly, and comprises, essentially, a. shoe or block provided for each rear wheel which is actuated by a rock-shaft having connection with lever mechanism, wherebythe shoes may be instantly thrown in advance of the rear wheels and raised therefrom- The invention comprises various details of construction and combinations and arrangements of arts, which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the application of my brake to an automobile, illustrating in dotted lines the positions that the brake-slices would assume when not set. F ig. 2 is a perspective view of portions of the brake-shoes, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing, in elevation, a slight modification.

Reference now being had t-o the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a rocksliat which is journaled in suitable bearings upon the body portion of an automobile, and fixed thereto are levers B, one of which having pivotal connection with a link B', which in turn is pivoted to a lever C, which is mounted upon a pin D. Said lever is provided with a awl E, which is actuated by means of the rand-lever I", and said pawl is designed to engage the notches G of the segment G', mounted upon the side of the seat of the vehicle. A spring H is connected at one end to said lever C below its pivotal point and its other end fastened to a pin I, whereby the lever may be held under the normal tension of the spring in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

O O vdesignate plates which are pivotally connected to pins O', which are .connected to the levers B.. A

Q Q designate brake-shoes which are made of any suitable material and provided with serrations Q' upon the lower surface thereof.

l J J designate steel cables the upper ends of which are fastened to the plates O and their lower ends fastened to the shoes Q in the manner shown clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Said shoes are connected Atogether by means of strips R, and the upper sinface of each is recessed -or grooved, as at Q2, to receive the tire of the wheel, and each shoe is positioned a suitable distance apart so that when thrown one will come in ad- Vance of each rear wheel. A cable T is fastened to each shoe and its forward end connected at T to the gear of the vehicle, thereby limiting the rearward movement of the shoe.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings I have shown a slight inodiiication, in which the cable W is connected to a plate IY, which is mounted upon a pivot-pin W2, carried by the link B, and said cable is connected also to a brakeshoe S.

In o eration it will be'noted that the shoe being ield in the elevated posit-ion, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1,) and when it is desired to apply the brake, the operator by throwing the lever to the position shown in solid lines in Fig. 1V the shoes will fall by gravity directly in front ofthe rear wheels of the vehicle and held iii that posit-ion b v the suspending-cables J and will be prevented from moving too far rearward by means of the steel cables T. The shoes being Wedgesha-p'ed and serrated upon their lower surfaces will exert a frictional force by contact with the ground and securely block the rear wheels. A reverse motion to the lever will return the brakes to their normal position. (Shown in dotted lines.)

In the modification the brakes S are oper- V ated similar to the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 but the only difference in some of the parts is that there is only one cable connecting the brake-shoes with the plates W' and also that the brake-shoes are considerably smaller to present a much better appearance.

From the foregoing it will be observed that-by the provision of a brake made in accordance with my invention a simple and efmay be blocked andthe vehicle inade to! ficient means is afforded by which the Wheels come to a sudden stop.

1.- An c1nergency-brake for vehicles comprising, in oolnbinationwith the links B, a rod on which said links are mounted, a )ivotpin carried by each link, forked plates pivotally mounted upon each of said pins, a lever-actuated bar pivot ally connected to one of said links, brake-shoes, cables fastened at their lower ends to said shoes, their upper ends each fastened to an aun of said plates, strips connecting said shoes and between which the lower ends of the cables are fastened and means for raising the shoes, as Set forth. i

'2. An emergency-brake for vehicles coinprising, in combination with the links B, a

l rod on which said links are mounted, a pivotpin carried by each link, forked plates O pivveraetua-ted bar pivotally connected to one of said links, brake-shoes, cables fastened at their lower ends to said shoes,tl1eir upper ends each fastened to an arin of said plates, strips connecting said shoes and between which the lower ends of the cables are fastened, a. cable secured at its ends to said shoes, an eye upon the reach of the vehicle through which said cable passes, as set forth.

signature in the presence of tw itnesses.

LEE BARTON W'lLLIAMS'.

Witnesses: n

F. B. W'IILIAMS, M. E. CHOSE-MILLER.

In testimonyv whereof I hereunto aftix my otally mounted upon each of said pins, a 1e- 

